What an eventful night for many Styrian firefighters: 90 fire departments had to be called out for a good 140 storm operations, and hail defense was also required. Drama in precious scrap: A flash set fire to a family home, the residents were able to save themselves.
A storm front moved across Styria on Tuesday night, hail, lightning and heavy rain led to 140 fire brigade deployments. The main task consisted of pumping out work, tree salvage and clearing of traffic routes. Over the course of the night, the heavy rain turned into normal precipitation, which only stopped in the morning. The Styrian hail defense was also fully challenged. Four planes were in the air, reports boss Josef Mündler. “It was extremely turbulent to fly due to the severe wind shear.” Unfortunately, Mündler expects a “bad storm summer”. The couple was able to save themselves from the fire of the single-family house. At that time, the couple (51 and 49 years old) were in the house, and the fire immediately spread to the entire upper floor. At the same time, another source of fire broke out in the bedroom on the ground floor due to an overvoltage or an electrical defect in a socket. The couple was able to escape and called the fire brigade. Three fire brigades – Köflach, St. Martin and Edelschrott – with 25 forces extinguished the flames by midnight. The house became uninhabitable, the couple temporarily stayed with relatives. The outlook promises fewer storms The weather should calm down on Tuesday, even if there is a chance of showers again in the afternoon. Wednesday should be completely trouble-free. From today’s perspective, Thursday and Friday are more unstable again, but according to Hatvan, the storms should not reach the intensity of Monday.
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